My husband and I grew up in the Deep South. We lived all over the Midwest and some cities in the northeast. We were transferred to NJ and dreaded moving there. It actually was one of my favorite places to live. We lived in Clinton for eight years and loved it. We had great friends and a wonderful neighborhood. It was extremely safe. The whole area was just beautiful. We could be in New York City in an hour and took advantage of that. Loved NYC. Loved going to small towns in PA. Clinton is one of the nicest towns you could live in. Problem is that the taxes make it impossible to stay there. Now in Atlanta near family. Difficult place to live.
On my wife’s facebook they were talking about the cops searching the neighborhoods. Everyone was freaking out - they thought it was a really bad guy that had killed somebody or something. He had tried to pass a bad check at the Walmart and ran off!
But I guess it has been built up quite a bit. When I was there it was still just one traffic light.
Speaking of crime, I remember carrying in my wallet for years one of the crime notices in the local paper. “Officer Jenkins was called to the A&P Store over an argument of too many items in the express checkout lane.”